''Gyrocerviceanseris'' is a

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monogenea Monogeneans, members of the class Monogenea, are a group of ectoparasitic flatworms commonly found on the skin, gills, or fins of fish. They have a direct lifecycle and do not require an intermediate host. Adults are hermaphrodites, meaning they ...

ns in the

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Gyrodactylidae ''Gyrodactylidae'' is a Family (biology), family of flatworms in the Order (biology), order Gyrodactylidea. Genera *''Acanthoplacatus'' Ernst, Jones & Whittington, 2001Ernst, I., Jones, M. & Whittington, I. (2001). A new genus of viviparous gyro ...

. It consists of one species, ''Gyrocerviceanseris passamaquoddyensis''.

Etymology

The genus name is derived from ''cervicus'', meaning "neck", and ''anseris'', meaning "goose"; therefore, the genus name literally means "goose-neck", in reference to the shape of the hamulus root. The

specific epithet In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin gramm ...

is derived from the species' type locality,

Passamaquoddy Bay Passamaquoddy Bay () is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy, between the U.S. state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick, at the mouth of the St. Croix River. Most of the bay lies within Canada, with its western shore bounded by Was ...

References

Gyrodactylidae Monogenea genera Monotypic platyhelminthes genera {{monogenea-stub